Until January 1, 2007 Fjerritslev Municipality was a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in the former

North Jutland County North Jutland County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, but with a relati ...

, on the

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, bordering the

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to the south and

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to the north. The municipality covered an area of 289.65 km², and had a total population of 8,397 (2006). Its last mayor was Otto Kjær Larsen, a member of the Venstre political party. Fjerritslev Municipality bordered Brovst Municipality to the east, Løgstør Municipality to the south and the municipalities of

Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,505 (1 January 2025)Hanstholm Municipality to the west. The municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen 2007'' (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with the Aabybro, Pandrup and Brovst municipalities to form the new

Jammerbugt municipality Jammerbugt Municipality () is a municipality (Danish language, Danish: ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in the North Jutland Region on the North Jutlandic Island. It is located along the coast of Skagerrak to the north and the Limfjord to th ...

. The new municipality belongs to the

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History

In the Middle Ages, Denmark was divided into syssels. The area that made up Fjerritslev Municipality was part of the

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

Han Hundred (Danish: ''Han Herred'') and belonged to the syssel of Thysyssel. It later came under the fief of

Aalborghus Aalborghus Castle () is a castle in Aalborg, Denmark. It is a half-timbered (''bindingsværk'') castle built by King Christian III from 1539 to around 1555 initially as a fortification. A building had existed at the site before Christian III's ...

. In 1662 Han Hundred was merged with a number of hundreds and came under Åstrup, Sejlstrup, Børglum County. The county lasted until 1793. The area that made up Fjerritslev Municipality was under the hundred of Vester Han Hundred, which came under Thisted County in 1793. This county lasted until the

1970 Danish Municipal Reform The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last le ...

where it came under the

. In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: ''sognekommunner''). The borders of these municipalities were largely based on the country's

parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

. In the 1970 municipal reform these parish municipalities were dissolved. Seven parish municipalities were merged to create Fjerritslev Municipality. This municipality lasted until 2007 when it was merged with the municipalities of Brovst, Pandrup and Aabybro to form Jammerbugt Municipality.

Historical divisions

Towns

Approximately 45% of the municipality's population lived in rural areas or small villages, and another approximate 40% in the town of Fjerritslev. The remaining 15% lived in the larger towns and villages of the municipality, these being Bonderup, Gøttrup, Klim and Vester Torup. Smaller villages in the municipality included Skræm, Vust and Hjortdal. Fjerritslev was located centrally in the municipality. Below are the populations from 2006 of the five larger settlements of the municipality.

Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Fjerritslev Municipality were:Danskekommuner.dk
"Aabybro Kommune" Retrieved 20 December 2020

Parishes

The municipality consisted of ten parishes and eleven churches. *Bejstrup Parish ( Bejstrup Church) *Gøttrup Parish ( Gøttrup Church) *Haverslev Parish ( Haverslev Church) *Hjortdal Parish ( Hjortdal Church) *Kettrup Parish ( Kettrup Church) *Klim Parish ( Klim Church) *Kollerup-Fjerritslev Parish ( Fjerritslev Church, Kollerup Church) *Skræm Parish ( Skræm Church) *Vester Torup Parish ( Vester Torup Church) *Vust Parish ( Vust Church)

Symbols

Fjerritslev Municipality's coat of arms was a red rooster standing in front of a yellow sun, on red background.

References

{{Jammerbugt Municipality Former municipalities of Denmark